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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

Release Date:

03/02/2015

... inequities that result from the fact that the United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the ... world — over two million — the great majority of whom are poor, African-American, and...

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Education

Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States Morgan Stanley Foundation today announced $1 ... in grants to local food banks in 24 cities across 17 states to support hunger-relief programs...

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Food Systems

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Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States

Release Date:

03/13/2017

... Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States A conservation group has created maps identifying key ... Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

Release Date:

08/22/2017

... seeks to build on their success by convening leaders who are best positioned to expand trade, drive economic growth, ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States Morgan Stanley Foundation today announced over ... in grants to local food banks in 29 cities across 20 states to support hunger-relief programs...

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Food Systems

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Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

Release Date:

07/23/2019

... initiative seeks to transform the way LCTLs are taught by leveraging cutting-edge research and advances ... with higher levels of proficiency in languages that are less commonly taught and more difficult to...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Keesha Gaskins to Lead Democratic Practice–United States Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... to strengthen the vitality of democracy in the United States . Currently, Gaskins serves as Senior Counsel in the ... and a commitment to improving democracy in the United States ,” said Betsy Campbell , the...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... threatened by the new administration. Of course, women are not a monolithic voting bloc, and many of them are staunch supporters of the president. But the massive ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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The Commonwealth Fund

A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.

Release Date:

09/06/2017

If Vice Chancellor Andrew Brown had been born a few years earlier, his schooling — and possibly his life — could have been very different.

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Sector News

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Education

10 Dec 2019

"All Immigration Is Local": Philanthropy's Role in State and Local Advocacy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... first come, first served basis.* While national headlines are dominated by federal immigration policy —family ... the day-to-day realities of immigrants across the country are informed by state and local...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

Topic(s)

Public Policy

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

Public Policy

13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) are proposed under the first budget proposed by President ... levels and highlight innovative strategies from other states including industry partnerships,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Public Policy

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Public Policy

Workforce Development

At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

Release Date:

03/30/2016

Mayor de Blasio appeared to abandon any belief that higher levels of government have any interest in helping New York City grapple with income inequality.

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Economic Security

Photojournalist Documents Moments From the San Quentin State Prison Marathon on Open Society Foundations' Weekly Instagram Takeover

Release Date:

01/22/2018

... that they may never again see life on the outside. Here are images from a training session just before the 2017 11th ...

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Member News

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

05 Jun 2019

State and City Workforce Policy Update and the Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... New York State and New York City have lagged other states and cities in implementing an innovative, inclusive ...

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Issue-Based

Format

Breakout Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Workforce Development

20 May 2013

The Storm Surge and Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Communities: An Educational Site Visit Bus Tour for Funders In-State and Around the Region

Monday, May 20, 2013 -

9:15am to 4:00pm

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, 3 Penn Plaza, Newark, NJ

Join the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers for a Site Visit Tour through parts of Newark, Bergen and Hudson Counties as we learn from experts about the effects of Sandy's storm surge on Northern New Jersey and the damaging impact to community...

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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

Release Date:

05/14/2014

... confinement to DNA databases to police misconduct. “We are proud to support these extraordinary individuals working ... Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States ...